Tourmaline and Iolite Ring in 18K

Tourmaline's name comes from the Sinhalese tura mali, which means "mixed gems." Available in a rainbow of colors and color combinations from pink to blue and every shade in between, tourmaline lives up to its name. Legend says tourmaline inspires artistic expression and enhances your intuition. Empress Dowager Tz'u Hsi, the last empress of China, loved pink tourmaline above all other gems, even sleeping on a carved pink tourmaline pillow. Tourmaline also has unusual electrical properties: it’s both pyroelectric and piezoelectric. That means tourmaline crystals acquire a polarized electrical charge when heated or compressed. Tourmaline is a birthstone for October and the gem of the eighth anniversary. Wear tourmaline to inspire your creative side and charge your imagination.

Creating 18K white gold is jeweler’s alchemy. To make luxurious 18K white gold, 75% pure golden yellow gold is alloyed with 25% white metals, usually silver, zinc, or palladium. These metals also increase its durability and hardness. To get that bright white shine, most 18K white gold jewelry is plated with rhodium, a platinum group metal.